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• Kate Garraway: persecution of carers has ‘horrible echo’ of Post Office scandal

  17-05-2024 16:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Presenter, who cared for late husband, said she was approached by people in street pleading for interventionThe TV presenter Kate Garraway has said the UK government’s prosecution of unpaid carers for thousands of pounds in benefit payments has a “horrible echo” of the Post Office scandal.In an emotional intervention on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Garraway said many people had pleaded with her to “please do something” to help those being pursued by the Departm
  
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• Hospitals struggle as social care crisis cancels out funding boost, NHS report says

  17-05-2024 01:12 via theguardian.com
  
  The number of people stuck in hospital for more than three weeks has risen 15% on pre-Covid levelsStrike action and the social care crisis have left thousands more people trapped in hospital beds with nowhere to go while other patients struggle to access the care, nullifying an increase in funding and NHS staff, it has been reported.A damning internal review of NHS efficiency carried out last year has reportedly revealed that, despite a £20bn increase in funding since 2018 and 15% more doc
  
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